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Once Upon A Marigold

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4 out of 5

Based on 3,073 Ratings and 709 Reviews

Book Description

Who knew love could be so amazing--and stupefying? Not Christian. He was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. But then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead. But Christian wasn't warned. And ... More

Who knew love could be so amazing--and stupefying? Not Christian. He was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. But then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead. But Christian wasn't warned. And now that he's fallen for the princess, it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle--er, rectangle--and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom, even if it means bumping off her own daughter. With echoes of William Goldman's modern classic The Princess Bride, Jean Ferris's hilarious parody of "Once upon a time . . ." overflows with oddball characters and sage observations--and ends with a slapstick happily-ever-after that's full of surprises.

About Jean Ferris (Author) : Jean Ferris is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Jean Ferris include Once Upon a Marigold (Unabridged), Twice Upon a Marigold, Underground.View Jean Ferris' profile

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4/5/2007 j p said: This is just one of many books for Young Adult and Juvenile readers I picked up in the last year and absolutely loved. Ferris' story inverts the usual fairy tale motifs while still making the book a masterpiece of fairy tale-ish fiction. Overall, a wonderfully enchanting story.tags: I recommend, I read